To clarify that communities that successfully appeal flood elevation determinations based on errors by the Federal Emergency Management Agency through the Scientific Resolution Panel are eligible for reimbursements for expenses incurred in such appeals.

1. Rewrites section 106(a)

   Replaces

   In S. 1926 · Placed on Calendar Senate

   (a) In General.--Section 1363(f) of the National Flood Insurance Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 4104(f)) is amended[struck: by striking the second sentence and inserting the following: "The Administrator may use such amounts from the National Flood Insurance Fund established under section 1310 as may be necessary to carry out this subsection.".][inserted: --]

   Inserted: (1) in the first sentence, by inserting after "as the case may be," the following: "or, in the case of an appeal that is resolved by submission of conflicting data to the Scientific Resolution Panel provided for in section 1363A, the community,"; and

   Inserted: (2) by striking the second sentence and inserting the following: "The Administrator may use such amounts from the National Flood Insurance Fund established under section 1310 as may be necessary to carry out this subsection.".

   Original wording

   In section 106, strike subsection (a) and insert the following:

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As printed